III. Of Rornan Catholic Writers. Rupertus, Ferus, Arias Montanus, Toletus, Barradius, Maldonatus, Cor« nelius a Lapide, Jansenius, Quesnel.
lY. Of Scotch and English Writers. Rollock, Hut- cliesoD. Poolers Synopsis and Annotations, Cartwright, Trapp, Mayer, Leigh, Lightfoot, Baxter, Hammond, Hall, Henry, Burkitt, Whitby, Pearce, Gill, Scott, Bloomfield, Doddridge, A. Clarke, Barnes, Burgon, Alford, Webster, Wordsworth, J. Brown, D. Brown, Ford. To this list I may also add Arrowsmith, on John i. ; Dyke, on John ii. iii. ; Hildersam, on John iv. ; Trench, on Miracles ; and Schottgen's Horse Hebraicae.
V. Of German Writers^ from the beginning of th6 eighteenth century to the present day. Lampe, Bengel, Tittman, Tholuck, Olshausen, Stier, Besser.
Of course no man can spend years, as I have now done, in looking through this formidable mass of books, with out forming some decided opinions about the comparative merits of their respective authors. Some of these opinions I have no hesitation in putting down, as they may be of use to some of my younger brethren in the ministry.
(A.) The Fathers appear to me greatly overrated, as commentators and expositors. Cyril and Chrysos- tom are far the most valuable of them, in my judgment, on St. John.
(B.) The Continental Reformers and their successors appear to me greatly underrated and neglected. Bren- tins and Musculus, for instance, abound in excellent thoughts and suggestions, but seem quite ignored by most modern commentators.